In a recent interview, I was an amateur. Not something I’m used to name and the truth is known, is not addressed to me per se, but the world of online blogs and social media. I definitely feel insulted because I now find myself adding these comments online world.
The amateurisation called journalism seems to be caused unrest in the “real” writers and journalists, who see the extent of their influence reduced. The idea that if everyone can not do it professionally or legally is a concern shared by many people in the old media.
All this is of course a very broad brush strokes and I had some numbers to find the comeback on the new status of my amateur. There are approximately 130 million blogs, according to research sites like Blog Pulse, and 1.73 billion Internet users according to Internet World Stats. That equates to just over 7% of web users involved in blogging and the percentage may be less because bloggers with multiple sites.
Rais The KING
